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Dr Elena Rossi
@elenarossi.bsky.social
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DPhil in History from Magdalen College, Oxford | Medieval women and universities | PGR Rep at HistEdSocUK | Colloquium Secretary at London Medieval Society | she/her
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Dr Elena Rossi @elenarossi.bsky.social · Jun 18
Passed my viva with minor corrections! Thank you to my examiners, @rmkarras.bsky.social and John Watts, for making it such a fun and enjoyable experience.
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monicamedhist.bsky.social
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
Breslau Codex (Wrocław, Stadtbibliothek, MS 1302, s. xii ex./xiii in.), f. 82ra, showing tear in the page but only the very edge of the text in the inner gutter.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
elenarossi.bsky.social
There’s still time to register! 👇🏻

#medievalsky
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 26d
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social
Only a few days left to register for the upcoming LMS Colloquium! Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday 🎉
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 26d
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
elenarossi.bsky.social
My amazing pal @aliceraw.bsky.social is organising a fantastic conference on gender and political crisis - check out the call for papers below 👇🏻
aliceraw.bsky.social Alice Raw @aliceraw.bsky.social · 14d
Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026
Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis 17-18 September 2026 Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Gendered work on medieval popular politics has tended to revolve around the exceptional. This workshop explores how studies of gender can reconfigure discourses of medieval political community. We ask how attending to gendered bodies and identities might help us better understand the fissures in political culture in medieval Europe. Marking, for example, women’s participation as either absent or rare confines their involvement to the historical margins. How did literary as well as non-literary texts from various genres, ranging from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, engage with gendered political action? How did ideas of gender stabilise or destabilise political performances? We invite abstracts for 25-minute papers, as well as expressions of interest for participation. We welcome papers with a historical, literary, or interdisciplinary focus. Potential topics could include but are not limited to: • Frameworks for understanding non-normative gender expressions in political spaces. • Studies of politics at the intersection of gendered, queer, or trans methodologies. • Histories of masculinities in political community. • Emotion and/or Affect • Weaponized/defensive gender • Manoeuvring bodies through political crisis • Inclusion and exclusion • Different sites of political discourse, such as domestic and non-violent conflict. Collectively, the papers will interrogate the role of gender in political discourse. Selected papers may be considered for inclusion in an edited volume. Means-based bursaries for speakers may be available by further application. Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 200 words to Alice Raw (ar889@cam.ac.uk) and Abbie Fray (abigail.fray@unibe.ch) by 16 January 2026.
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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aliceraw.bsky.social
Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026
Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis 17-18 September 2026 Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Gendered work on medieval popular politics has tended to revolve around the exceptional. This workshop explores how studies of gender can reconfigure discourses of medieval political community. We ask how attending to gendered bodies and identities might help us better understand the fissures in political culture in medieval Europe. Marking, for example, women’s participation as either absent or rare confines their involvement to the historical margins. How did literary as well as non-literary texts from various genres, ranging from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, engage with gendered political action? How did ideas of gender stabilise or destabilise political performances? We invite abstracts for 25-minute papers, as well as expressions of interest for participation. We welcome papers with a historical, literary, or interdisciplinary focus. Potential topics could include but are not limited to: • Frameworks for understanding non-normative gender expressions in political spaces. • Studies of politics at the intersection of gendered, queer, or trans methodologies. • Histories of masculinities in political community. • Emotion and/or Affect • Weaponized/defensive gender • Manoeuvring bodies through political crisis • Inclusion and exclusion • Different sites of political discourse, such as domestic and non-violent conflict. Collectively, the papers will interrogate the role of gender in political discourse. Selected papers may be considered for inclusion in an edited volume. Means-based bursaries for speakers may be available by further application. Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 200 words to Alice Raw (ar889@cam.ac.uk) and Abbie Fray (abigail.fray@unibe.ch) by 16 January 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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abbiefray.bsky.social
Very excited to announce this CfP! Please share widely with anyone who might be interested! #medievalsky #skystorians #cfp #histmed #Fissures2026
aliceraw.bsky.social Alice Raw @aliceraw.bsky.social · 14d
Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026
Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis 17-18 September 2026 Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Gendered work on medieval popular politics has tended to revolve around the exceptional. This workshop explores how studies of gender can reconfigure discourses of medieval political community. We ask how attending to gendered bodies and identities might help us better understand the fissures in political culture in medieval Europe. Marking, for example, women’s participation as either absent or rare confines their involvement to the historical margins. How did literary as well as non-literary texts from various genres, ranging from the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, engage with gendered political action? How did ideas of gender stabilise or destabilise political performances? We invite abstracts for 25-minute papers, as well as expressions of interest for participation. We welcome papers with a historical, literary, or interdisciplinary focus. Potential topics could include but are not limited to: • Frameworks for understanding non-normative gender expressions in political spaces. • Studies of politics at the intersection of gendered, queer, or trans methodologies. • Histories of masculinities in political community. • Emotion and/or Affect • Weaponized/defensive gender • Manoeuvring bodies through political crisis • Inclusion and exclusion • Different sites of political discourse, such as domestic and non-violent conflict. Collectively, the papers will interrogate the role of gender in political discourse. Selected papers may be considered for inclusion in an edited volume. Means-based bursaries for speakers may be available by further application. Please submit a title and abstract of no more than 200 words to Alice Raw (ar889@cam.ac.uk) and Abbie Fray (abigail.fray@unibe.ch) by 16 January 2026.
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
elenarossi.bsky.social
Very excited for the @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social’s first colloquium of the year on ’Women & Knowledge’! #medievalsky will you be joining us on 22nd November?

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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elenarossi.bsky.social
Have you registered for our first colloquium of the year? #MedievalSky
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 26d
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
elenarossi.bsky.social
Have you registered for our first colloquium of the year? #MedievalSky
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 26d
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Reposted by Dr Elena Rossi
bristolcms.bsky.social
We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reposted by Dr Elena Rossi
elenarossi.bsky.social
Calling #MedievalSky! Don’t miss the @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social’s first colloquium of the year on ‘Women and Knowledge’ 🥳

Registration is free and you can listen from the comfort of your home! 🏡
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 26d
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
elenarossi.bsky.social
Calling #MedievalSky! Don’t miss the @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social’s first colloquium of the year on ‘Women and Knowledge’ 🥳

Registration is free and you can listen from the comfort of your home! 🏡
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social · 26d
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Reposted by Dr Elena Rossi
londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social
Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁

This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reposted by Dr Elena Rossi
arodsan95.bsky.social
So pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!!

Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳

Deadline 31 Jan 2026

@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social

#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
elenarossi.bsky.social
I had the best time speaking @bristolcms.bsky.social last week! The loveliest and warmest community, thank you so much for having me. And what a full-circle moment to be introduced by Ian Wei, who I heard speak at UCL when I first started studying medieval universities!
bristolcms.bsky.social Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · Oct 10
Yesterday, we were lucky enough to hear about Dr Elena Rossi’s (@elenarossi.bsky.social) work on female employment in medieval universities. A HUGE thank you to Elena for sharing such a fascinating paper with us all: we really hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 🥰 #medievalsky #skystorians
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Reposted by Dr Elena Rossi
hagenilda.bsky.social
#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. I’m happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website!

joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...
Freelance Work
Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…
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October 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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gzornetta.bsky.social
The book "Stranieri. Itinerari di vita studentesca tra XIII e XVIII secolo", which I edited for the anniversary of the establishment of the University of #Padova, is finally available in #openaccess.

you can find it here:
www.padovauniversitypress.it/it/publicati... #HistoryOfUniversities #HighEd
STRANIERI
Questo volume osserva l’università come punto di incontro tra uomini di età diverse e di origini geografiche molteplici. Ciò vale in particolar modo per l’Ateneo patavino, che deve le sue origini prop...
www.padovauniversitypress.it
October 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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bristolcms.bsky.social
We can't wait to hear all about this! 😀
elenarossi.bsky.social Dr Elena Rossi @elenarossi.bsky.social · Sep 19
Heading to one of my fave cities and unis to talk about one of my fave topics: women employed in university colleges! It will feature some new material from Cambridge and King’s College’s cute account books 👀
bristolcms.bsky.social Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · Sep 19
A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!
September 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
elenarossi.bsky.social
Heading to one of my fave cities and unis to talk about one of my fave topics: women employed in university colleges! It will feature some new material from Cambridge and King’s College’s cute account books 👀
bristolcms.bsky.social Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · Sep 19
A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!
September 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
elenarossi.bsky.social
Happy Gilmore-Girls-watching season to all who celebrate 🎉
two women are standing next to each other in a room .
ALT: two women are standing next to each other in a room .
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September 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
elenarossi.bsky.social
A hard day at the office:
August 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
elenarossi.bsky.social
Spot the little dog flying with a massive stick…
August 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
elenarossi.bsky.social
The many sleeping positions of Muffy Moo, ft the final look of “I’ve made mistakes”.

(Yes, the donut is back, this dog’s spay recovery has been a never-ending saga)
August 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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hagenilda.bsky.social
I was a mature student who came back to learning via Continuing Education. These courses are precious and must be protected. Please sign.
August 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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hagenilda.bsky.social
I've got a new website! Thanks to Man Kit Lam for design, and @knifewitch.bsky.social and @soranasantos.bsky.social for photos and encouragement! #MedievalSky #EarlyModern

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August 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM